Waukesha

Waukesha is a city in and the county seat of Waukesha City, Wisconsin. Its first white settlers arrived in 1834, mostly Congregationalist (with a minority of Episcopalian) New England Yankees from Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, and upstate New York. The city was named for Potawatomi chief Wau-tsha, and many of its inhabitants converted to Methodism or the Baptist movement during the Second Great Awakening. It became a prominent spa town, earning it the nickname "Spring City". In 2018, Waukesha had a population of 72,549 people.